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Odetta, American singer, American songwriter, musician, actress, and civil rights activist (b. 1930) December 4 – Forrest J. Ackerman, American writer, columnist, actor, and science-fiction collector (b. 1916) December 5. Nina Foch, Dutch-born American actress (b. 1924) Beverly Garland, American actress and businesswoman (b. 1926)
2008 events in the United States by month ... Miss America 2008 delegates (11 P) ... Timeline of the George W. Bush presidency (2008–2009) ...
January 25, 2019 – The longest government shutdown in American history, which lasts from December 22, 2018 to January 25, 2019 (35 days), officially ends. January 30, 2019 – Large portions of the United States are hit with a polar vortex. The city of Chicago once again hit a record low: 27 degrees below zero.
23 – The American Music Awards took place at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. Chris Brown won the most awards with 3. 25 – Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland released his first solo album in 10 years, "Happy" in Galoshes .
This article is part of a series on the History of the United States Timeline and periods Prehistoric and Pre-Columbian Era until 1607 Colonial Era 1607–1765 1776–1789 American Revolution 1765–1783 Confederation period 1783–1788 1789–1815 Federalist Era 1788–1801 Jeffersonian Era 1801–1817 1815–1849 Era of Good Feelings 1817–1825 Jacksonian Era 1825–1849 1849–1865 Civil ...
Obama is the first African American president, the first multiracial president, the first non-white president, [a] and the first president born in Hawaii. Obama was succeeded by Republican Donald Trump, who won the 2016 presidential election. Historians and political scientists rank him among the upper tier in historical rankings of American ...
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On July 31, 2008, Bruce E. Ivins, a top biodefense researcher, committed suicide. [67] On August 6, 2008, the FBI concluded that Ivins was solely responsible for the attacks, and suggested that Ivins wanted to bolster support for a vaccine he helped create and that he targeted two lawmakers because they were Catholics who held pro-choice views ...